Sun Valley City Council Meeting August 9, 2011

UPDATED 8-5-11

On Tuesday August 9, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. we have a Special Sun Valley City Council meeting. This is the fourth in a number of meetings we are holding to establish the City’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget (October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012). At this meeting the Council will hold its formal Public Hearing on the Tentative Budget for FY12 we adopted on July 12, 2011.

You will note that the Public Hearing on the FY12 Budget was to be held on August 2, 2011, a date the Council established back in April and which is indicated on your tax statement. Unfortunately, the City’s Administrative staff  did not follow proper notice procedures and the August 2^nd Public Hearing could not be held on that date. It had to be moved to August 9^th. I hope this does not cause an inconvenience to the taxpayers of Sun Valley. I am also waiting for the City to post a copy of the Tentative Budget on the City’s website. When that happens, I will put a link to it here. The Tentative Budget is now available online at the City website. Click here to view it.

During the July 12, 2011 Special Council Meeting, I was able to convince the Council to agree to my proposal to forego raising property taxes by 3% in the FY12 Tentative Budget. It makes no sense to increase property taxes when the draft budget showed revenues over expenditures greater than the increase in property taxes. We are still able to fund necessary operations and meet our obligations.

The City has not posted the Agenda or Council Packet for the 8-9-11 meeting yet. When they do, I will put a link to it here. The Agenda and Council Packet for the 8-9-11 meeting is now available online at this link. You will note that the Mayor has now added several additional items to the Agenda for this Special Meeting.

You can also listen to any of our Council meetings live, or later on the internet at this link.

You can always see the full Council schedule and additional information at my website.

Special Sun Valley City Council Meeting June 3, 2010

On Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 10:00 am we have a Special City Council meeting.

At this meeting, the Mayor will present his proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Draft Budget. We will also hear presentations from organizations requesting funds under external contracts for service.

Presentations will be made by:

• Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber and Visitors Bureau
• Marketing Exploration Committee
• Mountain Rides Transportation Authority
• Blaine County Housing Authority
• Ketchum Parks and Recreation Department
• Sustain Blaine
• Fly Sun Valley Alliance

To see the Agenda and Council packet for this meeting, click here.

At our last Council meeting we established the following calendar for the remaining FY11 Budget meetings. All meetings will be at Sun Valley City Hall at 10:00 a.m.

June 14, 2010 – Discussion on Draft Budget

June 28, 2010 – Adopt Tentative FY11 Budget

August 3, 2010 – Public Hearing on Tentative FY11 Budget, First Reading of Budget Ordinance

August 10, 2010 – Second Reading of Budget Ordinance (if necessary)

August 17, 2010 – Third Reading of Budget Ordinance (if necessary)

You can also listen to any of our Council meetings live, or later on the internet at this link.

You can always see the full Council schedule and additional information at my website.

Sun Valley City Council Meetings March 11, 2010

On Thursday, March 11, 2010 we have two City Council meetings. At 1:00 pm we have a Special Council meeting, and at 4:00 pm we have our regular monthly Council meeting.

The 1:00 pm Special Council meeting will be a continuation of our work on the Capital Improvement Program.

To see the full Agenda and Council Packet for the 3-11-10, 1:00 pm meeting, click here.

For the 4:00 pm Regular Council meeting, along with normal business and reports, the principal items of consideration this month include:

• Discussion with Cox Communications on cable service in Sun Valley.
• Report on the Blaine County “Land, Water and Wildlife” Bond program.
• Amendments to City Council Powers and Authorities, and Code of Ethics.

To see the full Agenda and Council Packet for the 3-11-10, 4:00 pm meeting, click here.

You can also listen to these or any other Council meetings live, or later on the internet at this link.

You can always see the full Council schedule and additional information at my website.

Sun Valley City Council Meeting January 21, 2010

On Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 4:00 pm we have our regular monthly Council meeting.

Along with normal business and reports, the principal items of consideration this month include:

• Authorization to allow the Mayor to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding regarding public safety communication governance.
• Amendments to City Council Powers and Authorities, and Code of Ethics.
• Action on Ordinance 425 regarding rezoning around Harker Center.
• Action on Ordinance 421 regarding water conservation regulations proposed by the Water & Sewer District.

To see the full Agenda and Council Packet for the 1-21-10 meeting, click here.

You can also listen to this or any other Council meeting live, or later on the internet at this link.

You can always see the full Council schedule and additional information at my website.

Sun Valley City Council Meeting the Week of 12/14/09

We have one City Council meeting in Sun Valley the week of December 14th.

On Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 4:00 pm we have our regular monthly Council meeting.

Along with normal business and reports, the principal items of consideration this month include:

• Authorization to allow the Mayor to enter into an economic development Contract with Sustain Blaine.
• Second Reading on Ordinance 425 regarding rezoning around Harker Center.
• Second Reading on Ordinance 421 regarding water conservation regulations proposed by the Water & Sewer District.
• Public Hearing on proposed Ordinance 427 to remove minimum density standards from Development Code.
• Public Hearing on Glassmeyer Plat Amendment.

To see the full Agenda and Council Packet for the 12-17-09 meeting, click here.

You can also listen to this or any other Council meeting live, or later on the internet at this link.

You can always see the full Council schedule and additional information at my website.